The names listed here are used in English-speaking countries. For more information see about English names.

CECIL   m   English
From the Roman name Caecilius (see CECILIA)... [more]

CEDRIC   m   English
Invented by Sir Walter Scott for a character in his novel 'Ivanhoe' (1819)... [more]

CELESTE   f & m   Italian, English
Italian feminine and masculine form of CAELESTIS... [more]

CELESTINE   f & m   English
English form of CAELESTINUS... [more]

CHAD   m   English
From the Old English name Ceadda which is of unknown meaning, possibly based on Welsh cad "battle"... [more]

CHADWICK   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "dairy farm belonging to CHAD" in Old English.

CHANCE   m   English
Originally a diminutive of CHAUNCEY... [more]

CHANDLER   m   English
From an occupational surname which meant "candle seller" in Middle English, ultimately from Old French.

CHANNING   m & f   English (Modern)
From an English surname of uncertain origin.

CHARLES   m   English, French
From the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a Germanic word which meant "man"... [more]

CHARLEY   m & f   English
Diminutive or feminine form of CHARLES

CHARLIE   m & f   English
Diminutive or feminine form of CHARLES... [more]

CHARLTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "settlement of free men" in Old English.

CHAS   m   English
Diminutive of CHARLES

CHASE   m   English
From a surname meaning "chase, hunt" in Old French, originally a nickname for a huntsman.

CHAUNCEY   m   English
From a Norman surname of unknown meaning... [more]

CHAZ   m   English
Diminutive of CHARLES

CHEROKEE   f & m   English (Rare)
Probably derived from the Creek word tciloki meaning "people of a different speech"... [more]

CHESLEY   m   English
From a surname that was originally from a place name meaning "camp meadow" in Old English.

CHESTER   m   English
From a surname which originally belonged to a person who came from Chester, an old Roman settlement in Britain... [more]

CHET   m   English
Short form of CHESTER

CHEYENNE   f & m   English
Derived from the Dakota word shahiyena meaning "unintelligible speakers"... [more]

CHILE   m   English (Rare)
Variant of KYLE

CHIP   m   English
Diminutive of CHARLES or CHRISTOPHER... [more]

CHRIS   m & f   English
Short form of CHRISTOPHER, CHRISTIAN, CHRISTINE, and other names that begin with Chris.

CHRISTIAN   m   English, French, German, Scandinavian
From the Medieval Latin name Christianus meaning "a Christian" (see CHRISTOS)... [more]

CHRISTMAS   m & f   English (Rare)
From the name of the holiday, which means "Christ festival".

CHRISTOPHER   m   English
From the Late Greek name Χριστοφορος (Christophoros) meaning "bearing Christ", derived from Χριστος (Christos) combined with φερω (phero) "to bear, to carry"... [more]

CHUCK   m   English
Diminutive of CHARLES... [more]

CLAIR   m   French, English
French form of Clarus (see CLARA).

CLANCY   m   Irish, English (Rare)
From the Irish surname Mac Fhlannchaidh which means "son of Flannchadh"... [more]

CLARENCE   m   English
From the Latin title Clarensis which belonged to members of the British royal family... [more]

CLARK   m   English
From a surname meaning "cleric" or "scholar" in Middle English... [more]

CLAUD   m   English
Variant of CLAUDE

CLAUDE   m & f   French, English
French masculine and feminine form of CLAUDIUS... [more]

CLAY   m   English
From an English surname meaning "clay", originally referring to a person who lived near or worked with a source of clay... [more]

CLAYTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally from an Old English place name meaning "clay settlement".

CLEM   m   English
Short form of CLEMENT

CLEMENT   m   English
English form of the Late Latin name Clemens (or sometimes of its derivative Clementius) which meant "merciful, gentle"... [more]

CLETIS   m   English (Rare)
Variant of CLETUS

CLETUS   m   English
Short form of ANACLETUS... [more]

CLEVE   m   English
Short form of CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND   m   English
From a surname which was derived from an Old English place name meaning "hilly land"... [more]

CLIFF   m   English
Short form of CLIFFORD or CLIFTON

CLIFFORD   m   English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "ford by a cliff" in Old English.

CLIFTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "settlement by a cliff" in Old English.

CLINT   m   English
Short form of CLINTON... [more]

CLINTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally from an Old English place name meaning "settlement on the summit"... [more]

CLIVE   m   English
From a surname meaning "cliff" in Old English, originally belonging to a person who lived near a cliff.

CLYDE   m   English
From the name of the River Clyde in Scotland, which is of unknown origin... [more]

COBY   m & f   English, Dutch
Masculine or feminine diminutive of JACOB

CODIE   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CODY

CODY   m   English, Irish
From the Gaelic surname Mac Óda, which means "son of OTTO"... [more]

COLBERT   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a Germanic name composed of the elements col, possibly meaning "helmet", and beraht, meaning "bright".

COLBY   m   English
From a surname, originally from various English place names, derived from the Old Norse nickname Koli (meaning "coal, dark") and býr "town".

COLE   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from the Old English nickname Cola "charcoal", denoting a person with a dark features.

COLEMAN   m   English, Irish
Variant of COLMÁN

COLIN (1)   m   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of CAILEAN

COLIN (2)   m   English
Medieval diminutive of Colle, a French and Norman form NICHOLAS.

COLLIN   m   English
Variant of COLIN (2)

COLTEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of COLTON

COLTON   m   English (Modern)
From an English surname which was originally from a place name meaning "Cola's town"... [more]

CONNELL   m   English (Rare)
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Conaill meaning "descendent of CONALL".

CONNER   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CONNOR

CONNOR   m   Irish, English (Modern), Irish Mythology
From the Gaelic name Conchobhar which means "dog lover" or "wolf lover"... [more]

CONOR   m   Irish, English
Variant of CONNOR

CONRAD   m   English, German
Derived from the Germanic elements kuon "bold" and rad "counsel"... [more]

CONSTANT   m   French, English (Rare)
From the Late Latin name Constans, which meant "constant, steadfast"... [more]

CONWAY   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the name of the River Conwy, which possibly means "holy water" in Welsh.

COOPER   m   English
From a surname meaning "barrel maker" in Middle English.

CORBIN   m   English
From a French surname which was derived from corbeau "raven", originally denoting a person who had dark hair... [more]

CORDELL   m   English
From a surname meaning "maker of cord" or "seller of cord" in Middle English.

COREY   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old Norse given name Kori, of unknown meaning... [more]

CORNELIUS   m   Ancient Roman, English, Dutch, German, Biblical
Roman family name which possibly derives from the Latin element cornu "horn"... [more]

CORNELL   m   English
From a surname which was derived from an Anglicized form of Corneille, the medieval French form of CORNELIUS.

CORTNEY   f & m   English
Variant of COURTNEY

CORWIN   m   English
From an English surname, perhaps derived from Old French cordoan "leather".

CORY   m   English
Variant of COREY

COSMO   m   English
English form of COSMAS... [more]

COTY   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CODY

COURTNEY   f & m   English
From an aristocratic English surname which was derived either from the French place name Courtenay (originally a derivative of the personal name Curtenus, itself derived from Latin curtus "short") or else from a Norman nickname meaning "short nose"... [more]

CRAIG   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic creag meaning "crag" or "rocks"... [more]

CRAWFORD   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "crow ford" in Old English.

CREE   m   English (Rare)
From the name of a Native American tribe of central Canada... [more]

CREIGHTON   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name, originally from Gaelic crioch "border" combined with Old English tun "town".

CRISPIAN   m   English (Archaic)
Medieval variant of CRISPIN

CRISPIN   m   English (Rare)
From the Roman cognomen Crispinus which was derived from the Roman family name Crispus, which meant "curly-headed" in Latin... [more]

CROFTON   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "town with a small enclosed field" in Old English.

CULLEN   m   English
From a surname which was derived from an Old French form of Cologne, the name of a city in Germany.

CURT   m   English
Either a variant of KURT or short form of CURTIS

CURTIS   m   English
From an English surname which originally meant "courteous" in Old French.

CUTHBERT   m   English (Rare)
Derived from the Old English elements cuæ "famous" and beorht "bright"... [more]

CY   m   English
Short form of CYRUS or CYRIL

CYRIL   m   English, Czech, Slovak
From the Greek name Κυριλλος (Kyrillos) which was derived from Greek κυριος (kyrios) "lord"... [more]

CYRUS   m   English, Biblical
From Κυρος (Kyros), the Greek form of the Persian name Kûrush, which may mean "far sighted" or may be related to the Persian word khur "sun"... [more]

DACRE   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name in Cumbria, of British origin meaning "trickling stream".

DAKOTA   m & f   English (Modern)
Means "friend" in the Dakota language... [more]

DALE   m & f   English
From an English surname which originally belonged to a person who lived near a dale or valley.

DALEY   m   Irish, English (Rare)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Dálaigh meaning "descendent of Dálach"... [more]

DALLAS   m   English
From a surname which was originally taken from a Scottish place name meaning "meadow dwelling"... [more]

DALTON   m   English
From an English surname which was originally from a place name meaning "valley town" in Old English... [more]

DALY   m   Irish, English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of DALEY.

DAMIAN   m   English, Polish
From the Greek name Δαμιανος (Damianos) which was derived from Greek δαμαω (damao) "to tame"... [more]

DAMION   m   English
Variant of DAMIAN

DAMON   m   Greek Mythology, English
Derived from Greek δαμαω (damao) meaning "to tame"... [more]

DAN (2)   m   English, Romanian
Short form of DANIEL

DANA (2)   m & f   English
From a surname which originally belonged to a person who was Danish... [more]

DANE   m   English
From a surname which was a variant of DEAN.

DANIEL   m   English, Jewish, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Biblical
From the Hebrew name דָנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"... [more]

DANNIE   m   English
Diminutive of DANIEL

DANNY   m   English
Diminutive of DANIEL

DAQUAN   m   English (African American, Modern)
Combination of the popular name elements Da and quan.

DARBY   m & f   English
From an English surname, originally a place name, meaning "deer town" in Old Norse.

DARCY   f & m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French d'Arcy, originally denoting one who came from Arcy in France... [more]

DARDEN   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname of unknown meaning, possibly from a place name.

DARELL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL

DAREN   m   English
Variant of DARREN

DARIAN   m & f   English
Probably an elaborated form of DARREN

DARIEN   m   English
Variant of DARIAN

DARIN   m   English
Variant of DARREN... [more]

DARION   m   English (Modern)
Variant of DARIAN

DARIUS   m   English, Lithuanian, Biblical
Roman form of Δαρειος (Dareios), which was the Greek form of the Persian name Dârayavahush, which was composed of the elements dâraya "to possess" and vahu "good"... [more]

DARNELL   m   English
From a surname, possibly derived from Old French darnel, a type of grass... [more]

DARREL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL

DARRELL   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French d'Airelle, originally denoting one who came from Airelle in France.

DARREN   m   English
The meaning of this name is not known for certain... [more]

DARRIN   m   English
Variant of DARREN

DARRYL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL

DARWIN   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old English given name Deorwine which meant "dear friend"... [more]

DARYL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL

DASHIELL   m   English (Rare)
In the case of American author Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961), it is an Anglicized form of his mother's surname De Chiel, which is of unknown meaning.

DAVE   m   English
Short form of DAVID

DAVEY   m   English
Diminutive of DAVID

DAVID   m   English, Jewish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical
Possibly derived from Hebrew דוד (dvd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

DAVIE   m   English
Diminutive of DAVID

DAVIN   m   English
Possibly a variant of DEVIN influenced by DAVID.

DAVIS   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name DAVID... [more]

DAVY   m   English
Diminutive of DAVID

DAWSON   m   English
From a surname meaning "son of DAVID"... [more]

DAX   m   English
From an English surname which was derived either from the town of Dax in France or else from the Old English given name Dæcca (of unknown meaning).

DAYTON   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a place name which possibly meant either "dairy town" or "ditch town" in Old English.

DEACON   m   English (Modern)
Either from the occupational surname Deacon or directly from the vocabulary word deacon, which refer to a cleric in the Christian church (ultimately from Latin decanus meaning "chief of ten").

DEAN   m   English
From a surname which means either "valley" from Middle English dene or else "dean" from Middle English deen (ultimately from Latin decanus meaning "chief of ten")... [more]

DEANDRE   m   English (African American)
Combination of the popular name prefix De and ANDRE

DEANGELO   m   English (African American)
Combination of the popular name prefix De and ANGELO

DEDRICK   m   English (African American)
From a surname which was derived from the given name DIETRICH.

DEE   f & m   English
Short form of names beginning with D... [more]

DEEMER   m   English (Rare)
From an English and Scottish surname meaning "judge", from Old English demere.

DEFOREST   m   English
From a French surname meaning "from the forest"... [more]

DEFORREST   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DEFOREST

DELBERT   m   English
Short form of ADELBERT... [more]

DELL   m & f   English
From an English surname which originally denoted a person who lived in a dell or valley.

DELMAR   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French de la mare meaning "from the pond".

DELROY   m   English (Rare)
Possibly an alteration of LEROY

DEN   m   English
Short form of DENNIS

DENE   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DEAN

DENHOLM   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally taken from a place name meaning "valley island" in Old English.

DENIS   m   French, Russian, English, German, Czech, Slovene
From Denys or Denis, the medieval French forms of DIONYSIUS... [more]

DENNIS   m   English, German, Dutch
Usual English, German and Dutch form of DENIS

DENNY   m   English
Diminutive of DENNIS

DENTON   m   English
From a surname, originally from a place name, which meant "valley town" in Old English.

DENVER   m   English
From an English surname which was from a place name meaning "Dane ford" in Old English... [more]

DENZEL   m   English (Modern)
From a surname, either a variant of DENZIL or else derived from German tanzer "dancer"... [more]

DENZIL   m   English
From a surname which originally belonged to a person from Denzell in Cornwall... [more]

DEON   m   English
Variant of DION

DEONTE   m   English (African American, Modern)
Blend of DEON and DANTE

DERBY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of DARBY.

DEREK   m   English
From a Low German form of THEODORIC... [more]

DERICK   m   English
Variant of DEREK

DERREN   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DARREN

DERRICK   m   English
Variant of DEREK

DERRYL   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DARRELL

DERYCK   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DEREK

DES   m   English
Short form of DESMOND

DESHAUN   m   English (African American)
Combination of the popular name prefix De and SHAUN.

DESHAWN   m   English (African American)
Combination of the popular name prefix De and SHAWN.

DESMOND   m   English, Irish
From an Irish surname which was derived from Gaelic Deas-Mhumhan meaning "from south Munster (in Ireland)".

DEVAN   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of DEVIN

DEVEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of DEVIN

DEVEREUX   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname, of Norman French origin, meaning "from Evreux"... [more]

DEVIN   m & f   English, Irish
From an Anglicized Irish surname derived from either of the Irish surnames Ó Damháin (from the given name Damhán meaning "fawn") or Ó Dubháin (from the given name Dubhán meaning "little black one").

DEVON   m & f   English
Variant of DEVIN... [more]

DEVYN   f & m   English (Modern)
Variant of DEVIN

DEWAYNE   m   English
Variant of DUANE

DEXTER   m   English
From an occupational surname meaning "one who dyes" in Old English... [more]

DICK (1)   m   English
Medieval diminutive of RICHARD... [more]

DIGBY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from the name of an English town, itself derived from a combination of Old English dic "dyke, ditch" and Old Norse byr "farm, town".

DIGGORY   m   English (Rare)
Probably an Anglicized form of Degaré... [more]

DILLON   m   English
Variant of DYLAN based on the spelling of the surname Dillon, which has an unrelated origin.

DION   m   Ancient Greek, English
Short form of DIONYSIOS and other Greek names beginning with the Greek element Διος (Dios) meaning "of ZEUS"... [more]

DIRK   m   Dutch, German, English
Short form of DIEDERIK... [more]

DIXON   m   English
From an English surname meaning "DICK (1)'s son".

DOLPH   m   English
Short form of ADOLPH

DOM   m   English
Short form of DOMINIC

DOMENIC   m   English
Variant of DOMINIC

DOMINIC   m   English
From the Late Latin name Dominicus meaning "of the Lord"... [more]

DOMINICK   m   English
Variant of DOMINIC

DON   m   English
Short form of DONALD

DONALD   m   Scottish, English
From the Gaelic name Domhnall which means "ruler of the world", composed of the old Celtic elements dumno "world" and val "rule"... [more]

DONNIE   m   English
Diminutive of DONALD

DONNY   m   English
Diminutive of DONALD

DORIAN   m   English, French
The name was first used by Oscar Wilde in his novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' (1891), which tells the story of a man whose portrait ages while he stays young... [more]

DOUG   m   English
Short form of DOUGLAS

DOUGLAS   m   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of the Scottish surname Dubhghlas, which meant "dark river" from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river"... [more]

DRAKE   m   English
From an English surname derived from the Old Norse personal name Draki or the Old English personal name Draca both meaning "dragon".

DRE   m   English
Short form of ANDRE

DREW   m   English
Short form of ANDREW

DRISCOLL   m   English (Rare), Irish
From an Irish surname which was an Anglicized form of Ó Eidirsceóil meaning "descendent of the messenger".

DRISKOLL   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DRISCOLL

DROGO   m   English (Archaic)
Norman name, possibly derived from Germanic (Gothic) dragen "to carry" or Germanic (Saxon) drog "ghost"... [more]

DRUMMOND   m   English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname which was derived from a place name meaning "ridge" in Gaelic.

DUANE   m   English, Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Dubhan which means "little and dark", derived from dubh "dark, black" combined with a diminutive suffix.

DUDLEY   m   English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "Dudda's clearing" in Old English... [more]

DUKE   m   English
From the noble title duke, which was originally derived from Latin dux "leader".

DUNCAN   m   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Donnchadh meaning "brown warrior", derived from Gaelic donn "brown" and cath "warrior"... [more]

DUNSTAN   m   English (Rare)
From the Old English elements dun "dark" and stan "stone"... [more]

DURWARD   m   English
From an occupational surname which meant "door guard" in Middle English.

DUSTIN   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the Old Norse given name Þórsteinn (see TORSTEN)... [more]

DUSTY   m & f   English
From a nickname originally given to a person who was perceived as being dusty... [more]

DWAIN   m   English
Variant of DUANE

DWAYNE   m   English, Irish
Variant of DUANE

DWIGHT   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the medieval feminine name Diot, a diminutive of Dionysia, the feminine form of DIONYSIUS... [more]

DYLAN   m   Welsh, English, Welsh Mythology
From the Welsh elements dy "great" and llanw "tide, flow"... [more]

DYSON   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which meant "son of Dye" (Dye being a medieval diminutive of DENIS).

EARL   m   English
From the aristocratic title, which derives from Old English eorl "nobleman, warrior"... [more]

EARLE   m   English
Variant of EARL

EARNEST   m   English
Variant of ERNEST influenced by the spelling of the English word earnest.

EBEN   m   English
Short form of EBENEZER

ED   m   English
Short form of EDWARD, EDMUND, and other names beginning with Ed.

EDDIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of EDWARD, EDMUND, and other names beginning with Ed.

EDDY   m   English
Diminutive of EDWARD, EDMUND, and other names beginning with Ed.

EDGAR   m   English, French
Derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and gar "spear"... [more]

EDISON   m   English
From an English surname which meant "son of EDWARD"... [more]

EDMUND   m   English, German, Polish
Means "rich protector" from Old English ead "rich, blessed" and mund "protector"... [more]

EDRIC   m   English (Rare)
From Old English ead "rich, blessed" and ric "ruler"... [more]

EDWARD   m   English, Polish
Means "rich guard", derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and weard "guard"... [more]

EDWIN   m   English
Means "rich friend" from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and wine "friend"... [more]

EDWYN   m   English (Rare)
Variant of EDWIN